Figure 1. The effect of short-term restriction in food intake on the response of gastric and oesophageal mechanosensitive vagal afferents to mechanical stimulation.

Stimulus–response functions of mucosal (A) and tension-sensitive (B) gastric (a) and oesophageal (b) vagal afferents from mice fed ad libitum (•) and mice fasted for 14 h (○). ***P < 0.001 compared with fed mice (diet effect, two-way ANOVA).